Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 19, 2024

If bleeding, the only lab that is needed in the Emergency Department is a type and cross. Soak the gauze with epinephrine (1:10,000) or TXA (our THIRD route of administration) Apply pressure laterally to the tonsillar fossa with the gauze covered Magill forceps. CBC, coagulation panels, von Willebrand factor etc are less useful.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Most emergency drugs except for amiodarone and succinylcholine are based on ideal body weight [Emergency Medical Services for Children, Luten 2007] Epinephrine, dopamine, fentanyl, ketamine based on what child should weigh. Int J Emerg Med. Use of the Broselow tape in a Mexican emergency department.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

emergency departments (EDs), with statistics reporting more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests per year. 2 Standard management for VT and VF involves the use of electrical defibrillation, high-quality chest compressions, and epinephrine. Adult cardiac arrest in the emergency department – A Swedish cohort study.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). Am J Emerg Med. 1996;40(3):483-485.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 19, 2023

After several cycles of defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone, the patient remains in cardiac arrest. 2020), but IV Calcium is still used routinely in some cases in the critical care setting, such as congenital heart disease. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 23 (11), 860-871. Kay, J., & Blalock, A.

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AAEM RSA

AUGUST 27, 2020

However, the decade since the original Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest trial had seen significant advances in pre-hospital, emergency department, and critical care that may have contributed to these outcomes. These results suggest that targeting a lower temperature of 33ºC confers no additional benefit to targeting 36ºC.

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EMDocs

JANUARY 4, 2024

Other Norepinephrine or epinephrine are preferred vasopressors when needed. Case Follow-up: The patient required a dose of lorazepam in the emergency department. Critical Care Toxicology. The patient’s mother believes the patient thought the pills were acetaminophen, and she was taking them for abdominal pain.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest. Multiple attempts at defibrillation, epinephrine, and amiodarone have been unsuccessful. He was found by bystanders after he collapsed and 911 was called. EMS physicians report he was found in ventricular fibrillation.

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